99th Men s State Amateur Championship Mountain Brook Club Mountain Brook AL June 11 14 2015 Leading after every round defending champion Will Cannon successfully defended his title in the 99th State Amateur Championship at Mountain Brook Club The UAB rising senior and Hoover resident had rounds of 65 68 7268 272 good for 12 under par 272 and a four shot win over Patrick Martin 68 71 69 68 276 He becomes the first player since Montgomery resident and former University of Alabama golfer Hunter Hamrick to win back to back State Amateurs with Hamrick doing so in 2009 and 10 Cannon indicated he hoped to go for three in a row next year when the 100th State Amateur will be hosted by the Country Club of Birmingham Sam Farlow is the only player to have won three in a row 1986 88 Cannon had a share of the lead after round one with Matt Johnson He then led the rest of the way on his own as he successfully kept his challengers at bay Martin the reigning State High School 7A individual champion recent Spain Park High School graduate and soon to be freshman on the Vanderbilt golf team put some pressure on Cannon getting within two shots on multiple occasions but could get no closer in what turned into a two horse race University of Alabama rising senior and Mountain Brook resident Tom Lovelady fired the low round of the day a 66 to move to Will Cannon five under par overall and a third place finish Cannon s UAB teammate Taylor Eyster who played for Mountain Brook High School and will be a sophomore for the UAB Blazers finished in fourth place But it was Cannon s day After three pars to open his round he caught fire with birdies on Nos 4 5 and 6 After a bogey on hole 8 he rebounded by a birdie on No 9 to go out in 33 and lead Martin who started with three birdies in his first five holes by three Cannon played the back nine in one under par with bogeys on holes 10 and 15 against birdies on 11 13 and 18 to close out in style in front of a large group of spectators It really is very special to win the State Amateur a jubilant Cannon said It makes all the hard 19 work I put in worthwhile This is why I do work hard for days like this Patrick put a lot of pressure on me and I was glad to hold him off I was trying my best to not worry about what he was doing and to play my game stick to my game plan but he made it tough He just didn t make any mistakes Martin was pleased with his performance I hit a lot of good shots but it was tough to get at pins I m pleased though with my game and my consistency I only missed two greens in regulation today Sunday I got close to Will but couldn t get close enough

33rd State Four Ball Championship Turtle Point Yacht Country Club Killen AL May 6 9 2015 The team of Matt Gourgeot and Tony Olive won the 33rd State Four Ball Championship at Turtle Point Yacht Country Club in Killen On the final day Gourgeot who lives in Decatur and played golf the University of North Alabama and Olive who lives in Florence first beat William Sellers and Steven Setterstrom Jr both on the University of Alabama golf team in the semifinals 3 2 and then beat Joey Holley and Chase Rogers by 5 3 to win this Alabama Golf Association championship Holley and Rogers beat Patrick Twesme and Austin Sparks in their semifinal 1 up Gourgeot 29 plays golf at Burningtree Country Club in Decatur while Olive 55 plays at Cypress Lakes in Muscle Shoals It was their first time to pair up in the State Four Ball and it s safe to say it won t be their last In the final we got off to a hot start 4 up through eight holes and that was huge as we never let them back in the match Gourgeot said College kids may be used to six matches in four days but we are not We got a little tired the second 18 both days but got through it It is the first state title for both players Gourgeot said he made a lot of birdies in the match play format and he was freed up to do so by Olive s consistency Tony understands the game so well He hits it straight doesn t Tony Olive left Matt Gourgeot right 28 make many mistakes and is usually in every hole That s key He s a really smart great partner Gourgeot used to play Turtle Point while playing on the golf team at UNA every week but it has been a number of years since he played there This is really special for us both Gourgeot continued I made it to the semifinals of last year s State Match Play before bowing out and I know what that felt like I m thrilled to have gone on from there

18th State Senior Championship Musgrove Country Club Jasper AL May 15 17 2015 David Hancock shot the lowest score of the week as he ran away with 18th State Senior Amateur Championship at Musgrove Country Club in Jasper Hancock of Greenville carded a closing 67 added to his earlier rounds of 71 70 to finish on 208 five under par Hancock competed in the 50 56 age group and won that age group by nine from Claud Cooper of Birmingham 71 73 73 217 He won the overall title by five from Steve Hudson 69 74 70 213 and Mike Greer 73 72 68 213 both of whom play in the 57 64 age group Hudson won a multi hole playoff to capture the 57 64 age group Wayne Gardner of Mobile shot 71 74 72 217 to win the 65 age group This was Hancock s second win in an AGA championship he also won the State Senior Four Ball with Ralph Matthews I drove the ball very well again Hancock said I kept it in play and had birdie chances all day I didn t make any mistakes No three putts all week I could have shot a really really low score David Hancock I ve been in the lead in the final group on the final day multiple times and not got it done I ve not been able to close the door I finally got one done My brother Phil Hancock has won just about every AGA championship State Amateur and State Junior It s very nice to get one too Hancock credited Moore s Mill 32 in Auburn teaching professional Will Blackmon with a helping him with his game I got a lesson last week and it really helped me This win has inspired me to keep working harder and harder on my game

State Senior Championship Champions STATE SENIOR 2011 present Year 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Winner David Hancock Steve Hudson Emile Vaughn Tom Junkind Steve Hudson STATE SENIOR 1998 2010 Year 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 Winner Ralph Mathews Don Blanton Bob Dumas Emile Vaughan Frank Johnson Richard Jeffers Sam Farlow Sam Farlow Sam Farlow Sam Farlow Sam Farlow Joe Terrell Sam Farlow Score 208 208 214 209 211 Site Musgrove Country Club Selma Country Club Wynlakes Golf Country Club NorthRiver Yacht Club Saugahatchee Country Club Site Country Club of Brewton Selma Country Club Riverchase Country Club Limestone Springs Auburn University Club Musgrove Country Club Hoover Country Club Country Club of Mobile Selma Country Club Musgrove Country Club Gadsden Country Club Country Club of Brewton Country Club of Brewton 35

70th State Junior Championship Azalea City Golf Course Mobile AL July 28 30 2015 William Buhl of Fairhope ended up winning the 70th State Junior Championship at Azalea City Golf Course in Mobile after rounds of 69 67 72 208 eightunder par by four shots from Todd DeZoort and Alex Green but for most of the final round the margin was a lot closer Tuscaloosa s Jake DeZoort was tied with Buhl 18 with three holes to go but his second shot flew 20 yards over the green on No 16 leading to a double bogey against Buhl s birdie and the margin was now three Defending champion Alex Green of Point Clear would move into a tie for second after DeZoort made bogey on the final hole Buhl will be a freshman on the golf team at the University of Arkansas next year and has won the State High School 3 A Individual Championship the last two years playing for Bayside Academy He played in his first and last State Junior as he will age out next year The thing I learned the most today Thursday was patience Buhl said I found myself thinking ahead too many times and that put me in a hole on the front nine as I was pressing as I got off to a slow start It was certainly an up anddown contest between Buhl and DeZoort After a first hole bogey DeZoort was quickly three behind but he had reduced the deficit to just one through seven holes Buhl made his first birdie of the round on the tough ninth and was two ahead as they made the turn However his approach flew the green on No 10 resulting in a double bogey and a tie A two putt birdie on No 11 put Buhl back in front before an incredible turn of events on No 12 Buhl found tree trouble and was 25 yards short of the green in three on the par 4 12th Staring double bogey in the face he pitched in for an unlikely par DeZoort made birdie and they were tied again That chip in was the shot that kept me in it Anything could have happened there Buhl said DeZoort birdied the next hole to take the lead for the first time but he gave it right back with a bogey on No 14 Things changed again on No 15 as Buhl found the water with his second shot resulting in bogey and they were tied again Then came the turn of events on No 16 which put Buhl firmly in the drivers seat DeZoort will play golf for the University of Alabama in the fall of 2016 and recently participated in the U S Junior Amateur and qualified for match play before losing on the final hole in the Round of 64 felt like he barely missed a shot but it just wasn t to be I had 140 yards out of the rough into 16 and it flew the green by 20 yards with a gap wedge I couldn t believe that I was dead 36 William Buhl back there I really felt like I could have shut the door a few times but never made enough birdies Green who shot 64 in last year s final round at Gadsden CC to win the State Junior by two shots from Steven Setterstrom Jr started out strong with two birdies on the first two holes but couldn t get any closer and went three over par for holes 5 7 There was no coming back for him and only a late charge got him a tied for second This was the final junior tournament for Buhl and Green with Green set to start his college golf career at the University of Alabama next month but DeZoort 17 will get one more crack at it next year Andrew Graves of Mobile won the 14 15 age group with Jacob LeCroy of Anniston second Mac Scott of Birmingham won the 12 13 age group with Birmingham s Evans Gross second

15th State Match Play Championship Montgomery Country Club Montgomery AL August 5 8 2015 Patrick Martin has achieved a great deal in his relatively young golf career but he had yet to win an Alabama Golf Association State Championship He rectified that this year by claiming the 15th State Match Play Championship at Montgomery Country Club in a well contested match with Lee Hodges Martin will be an incoming freshman at Vanderbilt and this marked his last tournament of the summer before heading off to start his college career The morning of the final day saw him see off former Vanderbilt golfer Richard Douglas of Trussville in the semifinal going two extra holes to the 20th hole before edging Douglas In the other semifinal current UAB golfer Hodges of Elkmont took down Jake DeZoort 17 of Tuscaloosa who will be a freshman on the University of Alabama golf team in the fall of 2016 by a score of 2 up In the final after a brief break for lunch Martin was always ahead and staked himself to a 3 up lead through 13 holes over Hodges The match and championship looked to be his in a stroll but Hodges had other ideas rolling in birdie putts on Nos 14 and 17 to take the match to the final hole Both players hit the 18th green in regulation but Martin was close to 50 feet above the hole while Hodges had around 10 feet left for birdie Martin s putt gathered pace and ended up six feet below the cup Hodges could not hole his putt to force extra holes and Martin made his uphill come backer to claim the title Those the semifinal and final were two very good matches Martin who graduated from Spain Park High School in May said I had to play well in both Lots of good shots from all players were on display Martin who finished second in the State Amateur earlier this summer to two time champion Will Cannon had to dig deep to close Patrick Martin 42 out the win I ve learned a lot this summer and in this championship about staying in the moment with every shot I ve been wanting to win a golf tournament for a while and it was my week to do it He thanked his swing instructor Wayne Flint and his Dad Greg Martin for helping him work on his game The championship was a true test of endurance as Martin had to survive six matches over three days to lift the trophy

27th State Mid Amateur Championship Wynlakes Golf Country Club Montgomery AL September 18 20 2015 Jeff Taylor led wire to wire as he captured the 27th State Mid Amateur Championship at his home course Wynlakes Golf Country Club in Montgomery after rounds of 68 70 73 211 fiveunder par Freeman Fite of Anniston 70 73 71 and Shaw Pritchett of Montgomery 72 71 71 finished tied for second on 214 The last time Wynlakes hosted the Mid Amateur in 2010 Taylor was also in the thick of the action eventually losing in a playoff to Steve Hudson This year he went one better He started with an opening birdie after two towering shots to reach the par 5 in two and added another birdie on No 16 In between he had bogeys on holes 3 4 and 11 but managed to get the job done Former University of Alabama golfer Fite got as close as one through 13 holes but a bogey on 14 coupled with Taylor s birdie on 16 meant the eventual difference was three shots I know it sounds funny but I was struggling with my swing so much in the final round that I was more focused on that than the situation Taylor said Normally I hit a lot more drivers than I did but I was struggling with what is normally my go to club No matter as his 3 wood stood him in good stead as he made a lot of solid pars to consolidate his position and win the day I didn t know where I stood in the championship which is a good thing because I m a naturally nervous and anxious individuAL I said to myself if I could shoot level par in the final round I d be happy with that and if somebody Jeff Taylor 48 beat me they beat me I enjoy golf Compettion is fun but I don t want to do it all the time Playing at home is great for me My joy lies in my family his wife Emily and their two children Taylor played college golf for Wallace State Junior College from 1989 91 and Troy University the following two years Born and raised in Montgomery he now lives adjacent to the 15th green at Wynlakes He came into the championship riding the confidence of shooting a 65 last week with his usual group of buddies I was more nervous the first two days for some reason I just told myself whatever happens happens in the final round What happened is he is now a State champion Some redemption from last time here when he lost to Steve Hudson in a playoff for the 2010 State Mid Amateur

State Mid Amateur Championship Champions STATE MID AMATEUR 2011 present Year 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Winner Jeff Taylor Vic Kyatt III Torrie Coghlin Steve Hudson Matt Johnson STATE MID AMATEUR 1989 2010 Year 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 Winner Steve Hudson Robert Nelson Woodie Eubanks Will Swift Will Swift Robbie Cotton Richard Jeffers Scott Weaver Scott Weaver Scott Weaver Eric Hamilton Robbie Cotton Mike Gree Stan Sherlin Stan Sherlin Patrick Levio Eric Hamilton Mike Greer Mike Greer Allen Yeilding Tab Hudson Emile Vaughn Score 211 206 205 208 205 Site Wynlakes Golf Country Club Montgomery Country Club Canebreak Country Club Willow Point Golf Country Club Gadsden Country Club Site Wynlakes Golf Country Club FarmLinks The Ledges Mountain Brook Club Country Club of Mobile Country Club of Brewton Country Club of Birmingham Wynlakes Golf Country Club Gadsden Country Club Riverchase Country Club Anniston Country Club Hoover Country Club Musgrove Country Club Terri Pines Country Club Willow Point Golf Country Club Woodward Country Club Musgrove Country Club Inverness Country Club Selma Country Club Indian Hills Country Club Green Valley Country Club Chace Lake Country Club 51

21st State Senior Four Ball Championship The Ledges of Huntsville Mountain Huntsville AL October 9 11 2015 The team of Del Wood III and Nos 5 7 8 11 13 14 15 and 17 Doug Davis captured the 21st against bogeys on Nos 10 and 18 State Senior Four Ball Champion They played together in the ship at The Ledges of Huntsville championship last year in their Mountain after rounds of 64 66first year to be eligible as a team 65 195 18 under par They but did not factor They certainly won by two over Dana Amberson did this year of Decatur and Ray Halbrooks We ve known each other of Hartselle who combined for a long time and have played in rounds of 6766 64 197 Del Wood III and Doug Davis Wood of Vestavia Hills and Birmingham s Davis have now won both the Senior and Regular Four Ball State Championships Wood won the Regular with Alan Coshatt and Davis won with Tommy Coggin They began the final round trailing overnight leaders Clint Compton and Mike Lewis by two but a a number of Member Member strong final round from Wood and tournaments at Vestavia Country Davis was good enough as Comp Club Davis said ton and Lewis struggled the final We started talking about pairday ing up in the State Senior Four Wood and Davis had birdies on Ball a few years ago and it was a 52 goal of ours to do well in it Davis credited Wood with strong play in the final round I played OK but Del played real well We knew were in the lead towards the end but were never totally comfortable There are not that many players to have won the junior and senior four ball That s pretty cool Wood said his back had been out of kilter for about four months but getting ready for this championship got him going It feels really good right now to win The whole situation is very speciAL

Florida Wins the Southeastern Challenge Match The Southeastern Challenge Match is an annual competition among male amateur golfers representing the states of Alabama Florida and Georgia in odd numbered years and female amateur golfers representing the same states in even numbered years The teams consist of eight mid amateur and four senior golfers selected by their respective golf associations The host site rotates among the three states It was Alabama s turn to host the men s matches and they did so at scenic Willow Point Golf Country Club in Alexander City Oct 17 18 with Florida coming out on top on 25 points Georgia second on 22 5 and the hosts third on 15 5 points Florida s winning team was Gordon Marshall Rick Woulfe Kelly Gosse Tim Hume Bob Campione Will Davenport Brian Keenan Paul Royak Joe Alfieri Jimmy Jones Steve Anderson and Jeronimo Esteve Georgia fielded Chris Hall Doug Hanzel Jack Hall Billy Mitchell Cameron Hooper Scotty Scott Stan Gann Jr Bob Royak Bobby Brent David Noll Jr Mike Cromer and Cres Dodd The team members were Hunter Bronson Matt Johnson Matt Gourgeot Richard Douglas Vic Kyatt Jeff Taylor Freeman Fite Woodie Eubanks Robert Nelson Mike Greer Joey Holley and David Hancock The format was as follows Saturday morning Four Ball Match Play Saturday afternoon Foursomes Match Play and Sunday morning Three ball Match Play The Men s Southeast Challenge Match debuted at Lake Nona Golf Club in Orlando Fla in 1989 as an event intended to promote goodwill and competition Team Florida 56 between the best amateur players playing as a team from Alabama Florida and Georgia The men s series now stands at seven wins for Florida five for Georgia and one win for Alabama The inaugural playing of the Women s Southeastern Challenge Match took place in 2012 at The Country Club of Ocala in Ocala Fla with the 2014 matches at Reynolds Plantation Great Waters Eatonton Ga and next year s matches will be hosted in August by Alabama at Lakewood Golf Club in Point Clear Florida has won the first two women s matches

43rd Women s State Senior Championship Glenlakes Golf Club Foley AL April 22 24 2015 Tuscaloosa s Susan West led wire to wire as she captured her first state title the 43rd annual Women s State Senior Championship at Glenlakes Golf Club in Foley She fired rounds of 73 79 76 228 to be beat fellow Tuscaloosa native Lucie King who shot 7975 79 233 by five This AGA championship was open to ladies who are 50 years of age and older and featured three rounds of stroke play West played in both the U S Women s Mid Amateur and U S Women s Senior Amateur championships last year She advanced to the quarter finals of the U S Women s Senior Amateur In the second round she had a big lead but stumbled down the stretch This did not deter her as she played her first 14 holes in her final round in level par with three birdies against three bogeys and opened up a big lead again However she struggled on the 16th hole for the second day in a row but no matter as she had a lot of strokes to play with I was so pleased with how patient I stayed in the final round I tried hard not to get ahead of myself The one time I allowed myself to wonder where she stood in the championship was on 16 and that did not go well but I finished with two good pars on two tough holes West said I love to work hard on my game and it is nice to see that work pay off There are the names of so many people on the Wom 58 en s State Senior trophy that I admire What a thrill for me to have her named added Susan West

52nd Girls State Junior Championship Heron Lakes Country Club Mobile AL July 7 9 2015 At just 13 years old Michaela Morard of Huntsville is believed to be the youngest ever winner of Girls State Junior which she won at Heron Lakes Country Club in Mobile And this was the 52nd playing of this state championship Morard carded rounds of 7672 72 220 to edge Micheala Williams of Athens 74 75 72 221 She played up in the 14 15 age group so she was eligible to win the overall title along with girls in 16 18 Morard must like Mobile as she is the reigning State 6A 7A individual champion shooting sevenunder par at Magnolia Grove in Mobile as a seventh grader in May In a close contest Morard fell back after back to back double bogeys early in her round on Nos 2 and 3 I counted up how many holes were left 15 and told myself I needed to birdie four or more of them with no bogeys to get back in it Her math proved prophetic as she actually added five birdies in holes 4 6 11 12 and 15 against a lone bogey on No 13 to play her final 15 holes four under par and win by one She attends Huntsville Middle School and plays golf for Huntsville High School She plays golf at both Valley Hill and The Ledges both in Huntsville It means a lot to win as I m Michaela Morard only 13 and I think one of the only other people to win it under age 15 was Gabi Oubre of Mobile when she was 14 Morard entered the day with a one shot lead over Williams and that was her margin of victory They were paired together along with Spain Park High School s Jordan Susce who led after the first round and finished tied third with Grand Bay s Aleesha Smith After Morard s poor start Williams took the lead and matched birdies on Nos 5 and 17 against bogeys on 10 and 16 However Morard pegged her back and won by the slimmest of margins Williams who is from Athens finished second in the Girls State 61 Junior last year and third in 2013 as well as tied second individually in the 2015 6A 7A State High School Championship is second after a 74 75 149 Brooke Gober of Orange Beach won the 9 11 age group nine hole scores of 39 40 40 19 while Carolina MacVicar of Tuscaloosa won the 12 13 83 87 81 251 by one from Berry s Erika Allen 86 83 83 252

25th Women s State Stroke Play Championship Shoal Creek Shoal Creek AL July 21 23 2015 Last year Elaine Wood won the Women s State Amateur title this year she claimed the Women s State Stroke Play Championship After a multi hour rain delay she overtook overnight leaders Alison Hovatter and Micheala Williams to capture the 25th playing of this state championship with Shoal Creek the host this year Wood of Spanish Fort and the University of Montevallo fired rounds of 71 7572 218 good for a two over par total and a Elaine Wood one shot win 64 over Athens Williams 73 72 74 219 Overnight leader and defending champion Hovatter of Meridianville and Ole Miss shot 72 6980 to finish tied third with former two time Girls State Junior champion Gabi Oubre of Mobile and Mississippi State 74 75 72 221 Wood got off to a hot start with birdies on Nos 4 5 and 6 before a double bogey on No 9 slowed her momentum An up and down back nine saw her mix birdies on Nos 11 15 and 16 against four bogeys but it proved just enough to edge Williams 17 who finished second in the Girls State Junior last year and third in 2013 as well as tied second individually in the 2015 6A 7A State High School Championship

8th Women s State Four Ball Championship Lakewood Golf Club Point Clear AL September 24 25 2015 Michaela Morard knew we had putts to and Micheala Williams shoot 59 Micheala s paired up in the eighth was about 30 feet and annual Women s State it lipped out Mine was Four Ball Championabout 18 feet and it just ship at Lakewood Golf stayed left of the hole Club in Point Clear We both got them to the thinking it would be hole fun to play together and Morard said that that we could do well as she had had a holea team Morard said in one herself as an You could say such 8 year old While not as they shot rounds in competition it was of 63 60 123 for a at her Valley Hill her record breaking 21 unhome course and was der par totAL also from 115 yards The two teenagers She used a 6 iron Michaela Morard and Micheala Williams beat defending cham She credited Jay pions Kathy Hartwiger McLelland the head ship She also won an AJGA event and Lea Green who golf professional at Valearlier this year in St Louis She shot 65 64 129 a total that would ley Hill with helping her with her is a senior at Athens High School have won any previous year swing and will play college golf for the This Alabama Golf Association Both girls talked of their reUniversity of Tennessee championship featured 36 holes of spect for Hartwiger and Green and What made a special day even best ball how much they enjoyed playing more special was the fact that Wil Hartwiger Morard and Wilwith them both days in the chamliams had a hole in one on No 17 pionship liams also finished a very comusing a 9 iron from 115 yards It mendable tied sixth representing Two days that none of these was her first ace Alabama in the USGA Women s four golfers will forget in a long The sun was slightly in my State Team Championship time eyes and I knew it was right on Morard of Huntsville is only line but I didn t see it go in But 13 and she won the Girls State then Michaela shouted that it had Junior this summer She also won gone in the individual title in the 6A 7A Williams who takes instruction State High School Championship from Hank Johnson at Timberline this year She is in eighth grade at Golf Club in Calera said that she Huntsville Junior High School and Morard combined really well Williams 17 of Athens has together I d make a birdie then finished second in the Girls State Junior the last two years this year she d make a birdie we were having a lot of fun by a shot to Morard and third I m very excited about the in 2013 as well as tied second scores we shot Morard said individually in the 2015 6A 7A We came to the final hole and we State High School Champion68

83rd Women s State Amateur Championship Gadsden Country Club Gadsden AL June 24 26 2015 Heather Nail defeated Kathy Hartwiger in the 18 hole final of the 83rd Women s State Amateur Championship at Gadsden Country Club by a score of 1 up In a closely contested match Nail led most of the way but a resilient Hartwiger took her all the way to the final green before coming up just short Nail 19 hails from Hartselle and just finished her sophomore year on the golf team at the University of Mobile She won four times this past year and was named Second Team All American in NAIA This is Nail s second state title having won the Women s State Four Ball Championship with Suzanne Stanley in 2012 In match played in searing temperatures on a beautifully conditioned course Hartwiger who has won this title a record breaking 10 times was trying to add to her legend She started with an opening birdie to go 1 up but it would prove to be her only lead of the day as Nail responded with a 20 foot putt for a birdie two on the next hole to square the match The next three holes were halved with pars before a Hartwiger three putt from the fringe allowed Nail to go 1 up through six holes She would never relinquish her lead Both players struggled to bogey fives on No 9 with Nail still 1 up Hartwiger struggled on the next hole as well conceding it to Nail who doubled her lead It would stay that way until an upand down for par on No 15 allowed Hartwiger to cut into Nail s lead but an errant Hartwiger second on 16 gave the 2 up advantage Heather Nail right back to Nail However the true champion that she is Hartwiger captured the 17th with a rock solid par But an errant tee shot far left on the closing hole followed by Nail s drive sailing right down the middle left Hartwiger literally with a very tough hill to climb So it was that Nail was able to three putt but still tied the hole and thus won the championship match 1 up I thought it was so key to keep the momentum going when I got ahead Nail said I was able to make some good putts and that s what mattered I really wanted to win this championship but knew I would face a tough match as Kathy is a great great champion I just felt all week that this course fit my eye I felt like I was able to figure out the greens well I m truly blessed to win this championship especially against someone who is the Jack Nicklaus of 71 Alabama golf She s the best ever Hartwiger 49 admitted that the heat and playing four matches in three days took its toll on her but would take nothing away from Nail s win Heather played a great match and was very consistent She gave me very few openings and when she did I wasn t sharp enough to take advantage I don t play and practice anywhere near as much as I used to and that s OK I have my experience to fall back on and whatever happens happens I still have an awesome family that loves me very much She did leave with a parting salvo though I m not done yet I still think I have one or two championships left in me I just the need some cooler temperatures

Joe H King Award Recipients The Joe H King Award is named after King who died in 2008 and was a key person within the United States Golf Association Southern Golf Association and Alabama Golf Association all for many many years In 1993 the AGA created an award in King s name to be given periodically to amateur golfers in Alabama for their contributions to golf It is akin to our Hall of Fame and is our highest honor All have shaped golf in the state in a highly significant way To date there have been 18 recipients 1993 Joe King Ann Upchurch 1994 Frank Campbell Sr 2001 2012 Buford McCarty Buddy Walker 2009 Bob Lowry Jr Jackie Cummings 2011 Sadie Roberts Elbert Jemison Jr Charley Boswell Art Gleason Jr 2013 Jean Miller Martha Lang 79 Fred Stephens 2014 Derrel Curry Sam Farlow 2011 Bee McWane 2015 Barney Lanier

Luther B Barney Lanier received the Joe H King Award in 2015 Luther B Barney Lanier was honored this year with the Alabama Golf Association s signal award the Joe H King Award Lanier has long been associated with the game of golf in Alabama and the Country Club of Birmingham A fine player in his own right he has competed in three U S Amateur Championships 1982 83 and 84 won the 1971 BGA Junior Championship and has won the Country Club of Birmingham InvitationAL He has served on numerous Alabama Golf Association committees and was AGA president in 1997 98 He has also served various roles at the Country Club of Birmingham including chairman as well as chairing multiple golf course renovation committees at the club over the years Lanier is a member of the Country Club of Birmingham and will receive his award at a recognition dinner at the club on March 6 It is such a humbling thing to receive an award named for someone who was such a mentor to me He was a person I always looked up to He was Mr Golf when I was coming up in the game This award is the highest award given by the Alabama Golf Association and it is not given every year When I look at the names who have been humbled to receive the award I m not sure I belong in such esteemed company Golf has been good to me as Joe King was always good to me I ve been delighted to be involved playing the game and administra tively for wow what must be 30 years now And I hope to be involved for many more to come Long may it continue Lanier who grew up playing junior golf at Birmingham and played on the golf team his freshman year at Auburn has always had a deep love of golf particularly Luther B Lanier amateur golf After Executive Committee There folhis freshman year lowed his roles as vice president he decided to concentrate on his and president He d always help Building Construction degree with championships at the Country which has served him well in the Club of Birmingham and Willow family business John H Lanier Point as tournament chairman and Co started by his father in 1958 was involved in junior golf when I made the right choice I his son Luke was a junior golfer couldn t do both in school In more recent times he along As he progressed in the work with Anthony and Jim Gorrie place he continued to play golf helped head up the committee that and enjoy golf Richard Anthony facilitated the 2013 U S Mid Aminvited him to be an AGA Asateur Championship at the Country sociate Director around the same Club of Birmingham time as long time AGA Executive The club really had a great Director was getting involved in camaraderie for this championship the same role and we had over 500 volunteers I learned the ropes from help us with what was a great some greats including Joe King great week Elbert Jemison Dr Buddy Moss He was also inducted into the Buddy Walker Bob Lowry and the Birmingham Golf Associaothers tion s Hall of Fame in 2014 along But to me Joe was always with that year s class of Buford the man He was so entrenched in McCarty and John Gibbs Alabama golf We became good friends I always respected the quiet way he went about his business He commanded everyone s respect One role led to another and Lanier began serving on the AGA s 80

In Memoriam Jean Miller Jean Miller WAS women s golf in Alabama and had been such for many many years After a brave fight she passed away in June and will be dearly missed by golfers far and wide Especially all the little girls many of whom are mothers themselves now who she started in the game of golf Even later in life she continued to enthusiastically promote the game through the Ladies Birmingham Golf Association LPGA USGA Girls Golf the Lady Legacy Scholarship Foundation the AGA and other groups she had an integral role in She received many accolades along the way and I ll get to them in due course but she was far more interested in seeing a young girl s smile as she made solid contact with the ball or made contact at all as Miller knew then she had another golfer for the future in her midst When in 2012 the Alabama Golf Association recognized her with the Joe H King Award their highest award she told me It gives me so much pleasure to watch the little girls learn the game Beginners who start to advance and as my great friend Joann Bedow used to say you give them clues and their faces just light up when they hit one just right in the sweet spot Those smiles that happiness when they know they have done it right I just Jean Miller love those moments Miller a fine golfer in her own right spent a lifetime giving back to the game I take almost a selfish pleasure in helping she continued with a smile across her lips and a sparkle in her eye I have been fortunate that I do what I want to do and that is to help grow the game of golf I like being useful It s fun to help and that s the reason I do it Miller though it sounds simplistic always got things done and she was so integral to groups such as LPGA USGA Girls Golf that introduces the game to girls from ages 7 17 She also worked with the USGA for over 25 years She served on the Junior Girls Championship committee for 16 years and then their Women s Committee You name it she did it and always with no fuss or fanfare One of my favorites was when 81 she recalled an endearing story of traveling to the U S Girls Junior many times with many of girls invariably flying via Atlanta airport You could pick out the girls at the airport They were invariably tall and looked a little lonely One year 1994 I met Marcy Newton who was holding a teddy bear and had a tear in her eye Her parents were from rural South Carolina and she was traveling on her own for the first time I befriended her I saw her again the next year in the airport She d grown up a lot but still was a little unsure of herself Do you know what she won that year s championship Always with more energy and drive than most people half her age she will be truly missed but did she ever live her life What a joy it must have been for this humble self effacing lady to even have had an inkling of the lives

In Memoriam Jean Miller Continued she touched through golf and her tireless love of promoting the game Some of her accolades follow She was elected into the Birmingham Golf Association s Hall of Fame in 1980 She was president of the Women s Alabama Golf Association in 1991 92 winning their Special Award in 1994 She received the Joe H King Award in 2012 She worked with the USGA for over 25 years She served on the Junior Girls Championship committee for 16 years and then their Women s Committee for 25 years Many many people wished to remember Jean A select few follow I didn t know much about Jean Miller s personal life but if golf does mirror life then her personal life had to be meaningful because her golf life certainly was It is said that perhaps the nicest thing you can say about a person is that when they are gone they will be missed Jean will be sorely missed Buford McCarty longtime Executive Director of the Alabama Golf Association She has made a lasting impression on SO MANY people and helped women s girl s golf in Alabama in ways that we will never be able to measure I loved her and her graceful and kind way So many wonderful memories She will be missed Kathy Hartwiger 10 time Women s State Amateur champion Such sad news but it was such a blessing to have known 82 Jean and to have benefitted from all the wonderful gifts she gave to women s golf She will be missed but her legacy will live on in every little girl that plays golf Five time Women s State Amateur champion Chris Spivey She was the definition of female golf in this state We will all miss her wit charm dedication and ability to get things done to foster the love of golf There will never be a more dedicated lady to golf for women and girls I will be always grateful to have been her friend I will remember watching her make birdie after birdie while laughing and talking hole by hole and never miss a swing What a wonderful woman One of her numerous golfing friends Warren Cain

In Memoriam Jackie Cummings Born and raised in Tuscaloosa Jackie Cummings a true legend in the amateur game passed away in early August aged 80 Below is taken from a story about Cummings in Ian Thompson s book Alabama Golf Association The First 100 Years Ironically enough Cummings attended the University of Alabama but never hit a shot for the Crimson Tide s golf team I was what you d call a late bloomer Cummings said He s certainly got that right Winning the 1990 U S Senior Amateur Championship puts him in select company Cummings didn t touch a club until he was in high school even though his parents were members of the old Tuscaloosa Country Club A lot of my friends at Tuscaloosa now Central High School were skipping afternoon classes to go play golf I wanted to join them I was probably about a sophomore I never had any lessons I still haven t to to this day I just kind of picked it up along the way Next came college A lot of my good buddies were going to Alabama so I decided to join them I was a lousy junior player and didn t rate a tryout for a place on the golf team I still played and practiced but I never did try out Some of the players on the team at that time included M C Fitts Buddy Manderson and Jackie Maness Soon after college Cummings got married and didn t have a lot of time for golf His father helped Jackie Cummings him get into an International dealership selling and leasing large trucks As he became established in business he had more time to devote to golf As I said before I never took any lessons but I did read a lot Ben Hogan was my idol I learned so much from his book Five Fundamentals of Golf He became a fixture on the local golf scene winning his first tournament the Montgomery Country Club Invitational in 1958 I remember I beat Dick Pride in the final it was matchplay back then His son Dicky who plays on the PGA Tour is my godson Other wins followed the same year at Indian Hills and Selma Country Club where he has a span of 39 years between his first win and last win in 1997 He was now seen as one of the players to beat Cummings would win three State Amateur Championships his first coming in 1961 over the 83 West Course at The Country Club of Birmingham He would beat one of his Tuscaloosa rivals M C Fitts by one shot Rounds of 69 71 and 73 had Cummings comfortably in charge but he limped home with a final round of 80 which proved to be just enough to still win His other State Amateur wins came in 1965 at The Country Club of Mobile where rain meant the championship had to be called at 54 holes and at Vestavia Country Club in 1971 when two players who would go on to play on the tour Mike Smith and Charlie Krenkel came in tied second My biggest disappointment was not winning at Indian Hills still his home course in 1966 I had a five shot lead going into the final round but I shot 77 and Mac McLendon shot a 70 to beat me But over the years I ve won more than I ve lost He also finished second in the State Amateur to Craig Clemons in 1970 He noted that another disap

In Memoriam Jackie Cummings Continued pointment was never winning the prestigious Country Club of Birmingham National Invitational again he had two runner up finishes there He did win the Country Club of Mobile Invitational three times 1961 62 and 68 Cummings had a tremendous amount of success in the sixties but his game went into a decline by the mid seventies I was working hard plus I had back trouble I ruptured a disk in my back and had to have surgery This forced me to get into better shape as I was put on a physical training program and I did a lot of walking as well By the time I turned 50 I was in better shape than I was at age 40 Hence my golf game picked up too He was about to enter a new arena senior golf one that would show that his golf game never left but rather was one that improved with age At age 50 he was now eligible for the Senior Open but would have to wait another five years to be of age to try for the Senior Amateur In total Cummings played in seven Senior Opens making the cut in a very commendable four of them He had to qualify for four of them and was exempt from 1991 to 93 by virtue of his U S Senior Amateur win His best showing came in 1995 at Cherry Hills when he was the second lowest amateur just one behind Vinny Giles Now onto the crowning moment of his golfing career but it was one for which he nearly missed his qualifying tee time I ll let him take up the story once more That spring my game wasn t very good I d cracked a wrist and hadn t been playing very much I decided to go to Old Waverly in Mississippi to qualify I d been there before and thought I knew the way But come 20 minutes from my tee time I was completely lost and things didn t look good Finally a road looked familiar and I thought I d give it a shot It was the right road and two minutes before my tee time I pull into the parking lot I grab my clubs have my golf shoes in my hand and run to the first tee You know the U S G A doesn t mess around about those things If you re late you re out I made it just in time and with no practice swing I pushed my tee shot into a ditch and started with a big fat double bogey But a strange thing happened after that I never missed another shot and ended up shooting 70 to qualify by a shot So I headed to a place called Carefree Arizona and the Desert Forest Golf Club It was hot even though it was in October and the wind was blowing It was the hardest course ever for a Senior Amateur with the medalist shooting 150 I shot an 80 the first day but followed that up with a 74 and made it into matchplay with ease Things just kept getting better and better for me as the week went on He beat two time Senior Amateur champion Clarence Moore of Winnsboro S C in the quarter finals and Rick Jones of Youngstown Ohio in the semifinals to set up a clash with Bobby Clark of Asheville N C 84 It was and still is an 18 hole final and we both played poorly on the front nine after which we were even in the match I got my game together on the back nine and had seven pars and a birdie to win the match 3 2 Indeed he closed out the championship with the only birdie of the match a six footer on the par 5 sixteenth I felt I could be competitive in the national Senior Amateur as the year before Bob Lowry of Huntsville had lost in the semi final as had Amos Jones of Dothan another year I knew I could play with those guys You know it was just my week His win gave him a five year exemption into the championship and he made through into match play every year Twice he had good runs before losing quarterfinal matches but now laments the fact that he can t compete with the younger guys His record through the years stands alone in statewide circles Sam Perry and Sam Farlow may have won more State Amateurs four to Cummings three but no one in the state has likely won as many invitationals as Jackie Cummings When asked exactly how many he threw his hands up and said he had no idea but he did reel off the following list just for starters Tuscaloosa seven times Florence once Vestavia three times Selma three Mobile three etc etc He received the Joe H King Award in 2001 and was inducted into the Birmingham Golf Association s Hall of Fame in 2010

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Long time Alabama Golf Association Executive Director Buford McCarty retired at the end of 2015 Long time Alabama Golf Association Executive Director Buford McCarty retired at the end of 2015 The Alabama Golf Association has been in existence since 1915 but it was not until December 1985 that its first and only paid executive director was hired McCarty when he retired was in the job for right at 30 years His mark has been immense The State Amateur Championship began in 1915 and will celebrate 100 years in 2016 it was not played for two years during World War I The State Junior began in 1946 and the State Four Ball in 1983 All other championships have been added under McCarty s watch They are the State Mid Amateur started in 1989 State Senior Four Ball started in 1995 State Net started in 1996 but discontinued a few years later State Senior Amateur started in 1998 and State Match Play started in 2001 Of course the AGA has also run the five women s state championship since 2008 when the Women s Alabama Golf Association merged with the AGA to form one entity The AGA also runs and or officiates at countless other events including the State High School championships and prominent college events such as the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate and the Graeme McDowell Shoal Creek Invite plus all area USGA qualifiers Also McCarty is the Executive Secretary of the Southern Golf Association so his role is a dual one I am very proud of the Southern Amateur our flagship event While always a prominent regional championship it has risen to a top 10 ranking in the world currently at No 8 with only the U S Ama teur Western Amateur and NCAA s ahead of it in this country Other services offered by the AGA are myriad including the rating of golf courses a resource for Rules questions statewide computing of the GHIN handicapping system seminars in regards to their tournament pairings program and Rules of the Game administering Player of the Year points etc etc And of course their most visible service is conducting the previously mentioned state golf championships McCarty s affiliation with the AGA goes back to 1980 He was appointed as an associate director that year at the urging of Jim Spader AGA president at the time The venerable Joe King was the executive director of the AGA which he did on a volunteer basis I was a member at Riverchase Country Club at the time and was appointed as a liaison between the club and the AGA for the State Amateur we were hosting Richard 86 Anthony was president of the AGA and he approached me about a fulltime position with the AGA My circumstances were such that I wanted to do it and could do it It was a case of being in the right place at the right time McCarty recalled In recent years McCarty although he would humbly say he was just doing his job has been rightfully recognized for a job very well done All I was doing for the most part was taking care of the steering wheel while a lot of successful and smart AGA Officers and Directors were my navigators McCarty said Upon finding out he had been chosen to be a recipient of the Joe H King Award in 2009 he was moved to tears This is akin to the AGA s Hall of Fame and is their top award Joe was my mentor and I would not have been doing what I ve been doing for the past 25 years and counting without him McCarty is very proud that the USGA asked him to come to its headquarters in Far Hills N J for a number of years to teach a class entitled How to Conduct a Championship It s quite the commendation when golf s governing body asks you to educate USGA interns and staff members on the best practices to run championships Plus in 2011 he received the USGA s Ike Grainger Award for 25 years of service to the USGA And in 2014 the Birmingham Golf Association inducted him into their Hall of Fame McCarty s influence has seen the AGA grow beyond all recognition during his time in charge

Andy Priest named as Executive Director of the Alabama Golf Association It was announced in 2014 that long time Alabama Golf Association Executive Director Buford McCarty would retire at the end of 2015 Andy Priest of Pinehurst N C was announced as his replacement and he officially began his role Nov 1 The Alabama Golf Association has been in existence since 1915 but it was not until December 1985 that its first paid executive director was hired The State Amateur Championship began in 1915 and will celebrate 100 years in 2016 it was not played for two years during World War I The State Junior began in 1946 and the State Four Ball in 1983 All other championships have been added under McCarty s watch They are the State Mid Amateur started in 1989 State Senior Four Ball started in 1995 State Net started in 1996 but discontinued a few years later State Senior Amateur started in 1998 and State Match Play started in 2001 Of course the AGA has also run the five women s state championship since 2010 when the Women s Alabama Golf Association merged with the AGA to form one entity The AGA also runs and or officiates at countless other events including the State High School championships and prominent college events such as the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate and the Graeme McDowell Shoal Creek Invite plus all area USGA qualifiers Priest s first love growing up was baseball and he played college baseball at Campbell University in Buies Creek N C However his father on faculty at N C State introduced him to the game as there is a par 3 course on the campus in Raleigh N C At Campbell his enjoyment of golf was furthered by the fact that there is a golf course on that campus too and he played many a round on it It was my sophomore year at Campbell and I came to the realization that professional baseball was not in my future I already loved golf and when I went on to graduate school at Campbell I took a position as as a Grad Assistant for Operations That got me connected with the University golf course One thing led to another and longtime men s and women s head golf coach at Campbell John Crooks advised him to check into an internship at the Carolinas Golf Association Priest applied and got the job in 1997 When his internship ended the CGA didn t have a full time position available He found a job uniting his passion for the game of golf and its operations with the International Junior Golf Tour based in Hilton Head Island S C He stayed with them for two and a half years before his boss at the CGA Jack Nance contacted him to see if he would come back to the CGA Priest accepted and has been with the CGA under Nance since 2000 While there he has overseen many varied roles and had risen to second in command as Assistant Executive Director The CGA has a full time staff of 14 people and runs upwards of 250 tournaments a year across North and South Carolina with 700 member clubs and 140 000 individual members Suffice to say it s a big operation When McCarty first announced he would be retiring the job as his successor was posted Priest was interested and applied Such positions are few and far between even more so in this geographical area The opportunity was intriguing and I threw my name into the hat I d gone as far as I can go here the CGA and I wanted to do more 87 Priest aims to bring his own ideas and thoughts to the role as well as keeping what is already in place working well I m extremely excited to get started I m humbled by the support I ve received here as well as there in Alabama I can t wait to get started He expects to visit the AGA multiple times in the coming months before getting started full time in November Carrying a 10 index and playing about 20 rounds a year Priest is not the best player in his family His wife Tiffany is a former golf club professional who applied for and received her amateur status back She has played in the U S Women s MidAmateur and is also involved in golf administration as she is the Director of Women s Golf at the CGA Tiffany is making the biggest sacrifice for me to take on the role at the Alabama Golf Association She has worked for the CGA for 14 years She s a USGA Rules official as is her husband and loves golf administration so she s giving up a lot Priest indicated he thought she would be involved in local golf in some fashion but that was to be determined in due course

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BY LAWS of ALABAMA GOLF ASSOCIATION ARTICLE I MEMBERSHIP Section 1 Membership in the Association shall be open to any golf club composed of bona fide residents of the State of Alabama whether or not incorporated A golf club shall be an organization of at least 10 individual members which operates under by laws with committees appointed to supervise golf activities and to maintain the integrity of the USGA Handicap System Its members must have a reasonable and regular opportunity to play golf with each other and be able personally to return scores or scorecards for posting An organization of amateur golfers at a public golf course is considered a golf club provided that it satisfies the conditions stated in this paragraph Section 2 The Association shall be composed of the following classes of members a Member Clubs A Member Club shall be any golf club as defined in Section 1 above which provides to its individual members the handicap service offered by the Association b Individual Members Individual Members shall consist of all members of Member Clubs who are active on the roster of the handicap service referenced in Paragraph a above Section 5 Any Member Club of the Association may be suspended or expelled upon a majority vote of the Directors for non payment of dues and fees or for any other reason satisfactory to a majority of said Board of Directors No Member Club shall be suspended or expelled without due notice with formal charges and an opportunity to be heard in its own defense Section 6 On ceasing to be a member of the Association any member shall no longer be interested in or have any interest of any kind whatsoever in any of the property of the Association Section 7 The amount of annual dues and initiation fee and other fees for any of the members shall be as established from time to time by the Board of Directors Annual Dues for all classes of membership shall be payable immediately upon receipt of any invoices for same Section 8 Membership shall be automatically continuous unless interrupted by written resignation or expulsion Members shall be liable for all dues and fees accruing to the date of such resignation or resignation or expulsion Member Clubs and Individual Members shall be entitled to all privileges and services offered by the Association ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF THE MEMBERSHIP Section 3 Applications for membership shall be made in writing to the Secretary of the Association on such form as required accompanied by such information as that Officer deems necessary for the Directors to have before passing on the application No Member Club shall be admitted to membership in the Association without being first approved by a majority vote of the Directors constituting a quorum at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee thereof authorized by the Board Section 1 The annual meeting of the membership of the Association as well as any special meeting thereof shall be held at such times and places as are fixed by the Directors of the Association In addition special meetings of the membership may be held by petition of at least seven Member Clubs of the association Ten days notice shall be given of any meeting of the membership and shall be given by regular mail postage prepaid to all Member Clubs Section 4 The acceptance of membership in the Association shall bind each member to abide by the Articles of Incorporation the By laws and the rules and regulations of the Association and to accept and enforce all decisions which the Board of Directors is authorized to make relating to the affairs of the Association Section 2 Each Member Club shall have at any annual or special meeting the right to be represented in person only by one voting delegate or alternate duly elected by such Member Club A quorum shall exist at any such meeting when representatives of at least seven Member Clubs are present Page 1 of 3 100

BY LAWS of ALABAMA GOLF ASSOCIATION ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF THE MEMBERSHIP Con t Section 3 At the annual meeting the delegates there shall elect from the membership of the clubs holding membership in the Association a President Vice President Secretary and Treasurer or they may elect one person to fill both positions of Secretary and Treasurer and a Board of Directors whose number shall not be less than five nor more than thirty five Those so elected shall hold office until the election of the Directors at the next annual meeting Section 4 The President and Vice President Secretary and Treasurer shall be ex officio members of the Board of Directors Section 5 The election of the Officers and Directors shall be made in such a manner as the majority of the delegates may determine at the annual meeting Section 6 A majority of the Directors may grant the designation of Director Emeritus upon any retired Director who shall be allowed to attend meetings of the Directors as an non voting participant Eligibility for designation as Director Emeritus shall include one or more of the following a Past president of the Alabama Golf Association b Distinguished service to the Alabama Golf Association by virtue of length of service and or degree of involvement during his term c Other eligibility requirements as may be established by the Directors Section 4 The Association shall be governed during times when the full board is not meeting by an executive committee consisting of the following but not exceeding eight 8 members 1 2 3 4 5 President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Not less than two 2 nor more than five 5 additional members of the Board to be selected by the Board of Directors The executive committee shall act by a simple majority vote Section 5 Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time on call of the President or by written request signed by at least five directors Meetings of the Board of Directors may be conducted in person or telephonically or electronically via email Section 6 Ten days notice shall be given of any meetings of the Board of Directors Section 7 At meetings of the Board of Directors votes of absent members of the Board may be received by mail and recorded on any issue to come before such meetings or as provided in Article VI Section 8 A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business ARTICLE IV OFFICERS Section 1 The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association or of the Board of Directors and shall carry out the orders of the Directors in the management of the Association ARTICLE III DIRECTORS Section 1 The management of the Association shall be vested in the Board of Directors They shall fix the bonds and salaries of said officers if any prescribe their duties and otherwise have entire control over the officers Section 2 The Vice President shall in the absence of the President perform the duties of that office Section 2 The Directors shall fix the time place and date of the annual or any special meetings of the Association They shall have power to fix the program for such meetings and tournaments or delegate such power to one or more special committees Section 4 The Treasurer shall collect all monies belonging to the Association and disburse same under direction of the Board of Directors He shall report in writing to the Board of Directors and the Association at each meeting of either body Section 3 The Secretary shall keep the records of the Association give notice of all meetings and perform such other duties as the Directors may require of him Section 3 The Directors may appoint such standing committees as they consider for the best interest of the Association The President shall be ex officio a member of all standing or special committees Page 2 of 3 101

BY LAWS of ALABAMA GOLF ASSOCIATION ARTICLE V ARTICLE VI DUES AND FINANCES RULES OF ORDER Section 1 Each member shall pay to the Treasurer by or before the 1st of May of each year annual dues as determined by the Alabama Golf Association Inc The rules contained in the most recent edition of Robert s Rules of Order Revised shall govern all meetings of members and Directors where those rules are not inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation By Laws or special rules of order of the corporation Section 2 The fiscal year shall end on the last day of the calendar year Section 3 Failure to pay dues by or before the date of the annual meeting shall preclude the delinquent from representation at any meeting and debar their members from the privileges of entering any Association contest while the said Club is delinquent If said delinquency continues for sixty days after the end of the fiscal year the club shall be dropped from membership ARTICLE VII AMENDMENTS Amendments to these By Laws may be made at any meeting of the Board of Directors of the Association by a vote of at least two thirds of all the votes cast provided 30 days notice has been given of the proposed amendment ARTICLE VI RULES OF ORDER The rules contained in the most recent edition of Robert s Rules of Order Revised shall govern all meetings of members and Directors where those rules are not inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation By Laws or special rules of order of the corporation 102 Page 3 of 3